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Thursday 16th October, 2025

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TODAY RECAPPED: 16/10/25
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SWIMMING:
Announced today, the Australian Dolphins will take on a team of the World’s best swimmers in December in a new event titled ‘Australia versus The World’ at the Valley Pool in Brisbane.
📸 HER WAY Sports Media

Groundbreaking Women’s Football Survey For Australia

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Women’s football advocacy group Women’s Side will next week launch a survey in conjunction with ANU’s Global Institute for Women’s Leadership to understand those who play, work, support and volunteer in the women’s game.
Read more below.
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Local advocacy group Women Onside is teaming up with a Global body.

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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: 🚨
Ariarne Titmus has announced her retirement from competitive swimming.
📸 Getty/Eurasia Sports Images

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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH ALERT: ⚠️
Last year Hannah Green won the LPGA BMW Championship. She returns to defend the title starting today, with a number of other Aussies looking to win including Minjee Lee, Grace Kim and more.
📸 Getty

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Thursday 16th October, 2025

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WHAT’S ON: 16/10/25
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What’s on for women in sport. All times AEDT.

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 1d

PARA POWERLIFT:
With three of her lifts this evening at the Para Powerlifting World Champs in Cairo, team debutant (and friend of HER WAY Sports Media) Natasha Price has smashed the Oceania Record in the up to 61kg class.
📸 YouTube

Wednesday 15th October, 2025

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 1d

TODAY RECAPPED: 15/10/25
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THURSDAY:
With the new WNBL getting underway this week, HER WAY is re-releasing an interview from the early days of the media outlet, in January 2022, with WNBA Co-Defensive Player of the Year Alanna Smith, while she was playing WNBL in Adelaide.
📸 Getty/Paul Kane

Wednesday 15th October, 2025

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 2d

WHAT’S ON TODAY: 15/10/25
The Poweroos headline the local action today, playing three games in Brisbane.
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What’s on for women in sport. All times AEDT.

Commonwealth Games Schedule Revealed

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 2d

BASKETBALL:

A couple of late additions to WNBL rosters-

- Perth Lynx have signed Indiana Fever and former Adelaide Lightning defensive dynamo Brianna Turner as a short term replacement.

- Southside have signed WNBA Connecticut Sun forward Haley Peters.

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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 2d

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The 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games schedule has been revealed.
Read more below.
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The streamlined Glasgow games will start in July next year.

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 2d

NRLW:
Roosters forward Aliyah Nasio has been handed a four week ban for her striking charge in the final moments of last week’s Grand final.

Tuesday 14th October, 2025

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY RECAPPED: 14/10/25
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Monday 13th October, 2025

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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 2d

CYCLING:
Australian road cyclist Georgia Baker from GreenEdge Cycling has claimed her first stage win in a World Tour event, winning today’s opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in China, after a fellow rider was disqualified.
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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 3d

DIVING:
Australia’s Maddi Keeney has been shortlisted for World Aquatics Female Diver of the Year. Maddi won the 1m World Title at this year’s World Champs in Singapore.
📸 Getty/Lintao Zhang

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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 3d

TODAY RECAPPED: 13/10/25
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OUT TUESDAY:
The new era of WNBL starts this week, and HER WAY Sports Media has a cheat guide to all eight teams.
Returning stars, players in new colours, plus some of the new names who will be bringing their talents to the WNBL for the first time.
Out Tuesday.

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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 4d

LACROSSE:
Australia have finished as silver medalists at the World Lacrosse Super Sixes, narrowly going down to the powerful Canada Red 14-12 in today’s gold medal match.
The Aussies were ahead at halftime, but the class of the home side did just enough.
📸 Olivia Parker

Powerchair Football Asia Pacific Oceania Cup To Kick Off

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 4d

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Brisbane will host the Asia Pacific Oceania Cup in Powerchair Football this week, with the Australian Poweroos looking to defend their title.
Entry is free at Nissan Arena.
Read the preview of the tournament below.
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Brisbane will host the best in the region this week.

Sunday 12th October, 2025

HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 4d

CRICKET:
India were 0-155 less than 1/2 through their innings and finished with 330 runs, before Aussie skipper Alyssa Healy smashed 142 runs to help her team to a World Record run chase at the World Cup this morning. Ellyse Perry’s six won the game.
📸 Getty/ Alex Davidson

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HER WAY Sports Media @herwaysportsmedia.bsky.social · 4d

TODAY RECAPPED: 12/10/25
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